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It has been revealed that flumpool and SID will be performing in the international event 「Music Matters 2013」, which is going to be held on May 22 – May 24 on eight venues all over Clarke Quay. flumpool and SID will be appearing on the main stage ...

Ryukoku in Kyoto lists casting call for extras on 2014 film The official Facebook account of Ryukoku University in Kyoto posted an April 24 casting call for extras on a 2014 film tentatively titled "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" from the distribut...

Iron Man 3 is a big budget Hollywood production. What do you do when you want to recreate the movie's trailer and don't want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars? Something like this, I guess. IRON MAN 3 Trailer - Thai sweded by FEDFE [YouTube...

Kanjani8’s 1st single for 2013 sells 295,000 copies in the first week + tops Oricon chart by Shiso on April 30, 2013 at 2:24 am Popular group Kanjani8’s first single for 2013, “Hesomagari/Koko ni shika nai Keshiki” (released on April 24th) sold 29...

Cooking video games aren’t exactly new. Cooking Mama popularized the genre and before that there was a Yoshinoya where you made beef bowls and Curry House CoCo Ichibanya where you made curry. I think Vividred Operation: Akane and the Mayo Operatio...

Ever underwent the “purikura” experience (purikura being a Japanese acronym for “Print Club” photo booth marchines in the arcades)? Isn’t it nice how you can pick cute and beautiful backgrounds and themes for a photo with a friend or your signific...

Sportswear company Adidas and credit card company Visa (via Sumitomo Mitsui Bank) collaborate with the Evangelion anime to produce Evangelion style credit cards and sports footwear. Customers that sign up for both Visa cards with Rei Ayanami and U...

Piapro, Good Smile also collects submissions for pet for Snow Miku Nendoroid The user-generate content site Piapro announced on Wednesday that it is collecting submissions for the design of next year's Snow Miku with Good Smile Company.

Are you a budding artist looking to break into the industry? Your breakout moment might just have arrived. Pixiv, the Japanese analogue to DeviantArt, is running a character design contest for Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet that could see your ...

An anime short adaptation of Kozue Takeuchi’s shoujo doggie manga Chocotan! , about a talking miniature dachshund advising her young mistress was prepared for Ribbon Festa 2013, and has now been posted online by Shogakukan Shueisha Productions.

At the end of Team M's theater show [Idol no Yoake] on May 1, Team M member Yamamoto Hitomi announced her graduation. The reason given is that she wants to focus on her studies. She will have her graduation show on May 30.

TOEI started streaming a promotional video for the upcoming Kyoryuger & Super Sentai: It's Getting Wild! Dinosaur Encyclopedia DVD to be included in the June issue of TV Magazine. Though it mainly focuses on the current series, it will also featur...

Popular idol group AKB48 recently revealed the music video and the new visual for their 31st single “Sayonara Crawl” (to be released on May 22). The title track has already been performed at the live concert on the 28th, and Watanabe Mayu, Shimaza...

Dengeki Online had posted new in-game screenshots for the first Kamen Rider game on PlayStation 3, Kamen Rider Battride War (仮面ライダー バトライド・ウォー). This centers around Kamen Riders Den-O and Faiz. In addition to Ankh, the Imagins can also help you nav...

The air is filled with an ominous presence! (((；゜Д゜)) Christina looks rather angry for some reason! Don’t worry Christina! ! There is also demand for flat chests! ! (´・ω・`) Or maybe she’s transformed into a Demon Lord because she’s angry that ther...

Japanese pop group Momoiro Clover Z is known for its unusual outfits. Sometimes the members dress like pirates. Other times, they dress like superheroes. Their latest album features the group's most outrageous outfits yet.

Unfortunately, it looks the plague of pathological fans has been visited upon Girls und Panzer. Unlike some cases in the the string of Kuroko's Basketball incidents, event organizers have not entirely backed down, but in response to threatening e...

Strikeout: Roppongi beating suspects to not face murder charges due to use of bats Shukan Post May 3 Due to the choice of the weapon used in the beating death of 31-year-old restaurant manager Ryosuke Fujimoto last year in Roppongi, none of the 18...

Atlus and Enterbrain picked a unique item for a limited edition video game – a rice bowl. The Famitsu DX pack for New Etrian Odyssey: Millennium Maiden includes a B2 size tapestry, six clear folders, and a rice bowl designed by Yuji Himukai.

Everybody has one: an anime character you derive actual satisfaction from trashing. Whether it’s a character so awful they almost ruin a show you love or someone who epitomizes everything that’s wrong with a show you loathe, sometimes the greatest...

From Good Smile Company comes this beautiful figure of Kuroyukihime from Accel World in 1/8 scale. "Wouldn't you like to accelerate even faster? " From the anime "Accel World" comes a 1/8th scale figure of the elegant and cunning young lady, Kuroy...

Some parents just reallyyy want their kid to be a meganekko I lost the majority of my post and had to start over, so I’m sorry if I brush over subjects a little more quickly. I’m the type of person who is impatient and can’t stand doing the same t...

The short PV version of Yuka Iguchi upcoming single, titled Grow Slowly is now available for viewing. The single title is the ED for anime series Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S. The single will be out on 15 May.